#78D5DB#78D5DB

#78D5DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.089 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78D5DB
RGB	rgb(120, 213, 219)
HSL	hsl(184, 58%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(184, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 2.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.01, -26.09, -11.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.01, 28.55, 203.93°)
OKLab	oklab(81.77% -0.0831 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(81.77% 0.089 201)
XYZ	xyz(44.3212, 56.6925, 75.6113)
Luminance	0.5670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78D5DB #DB7E78

analogous

#78DBB0 #78D5DB #78A4DB

triadic

#78D5DB #DB78D5 #D5DB78

tetradic

#78D5DB #B078DB #DB7E78 #A4DB78

square

#78D5DB #B078DB #DB7E78 #A4DB78

split-complementary

#78D5DB #DB78A4 #DBB078

monochromatic

#2EA3AB #48C6CE #78D5DB #A8E4E8 #D9F3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#78D5DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#78D5DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78D5DB

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78D5DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78D5DB	1.00	1.70	12.34	12.34
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CEDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44DBD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78d5db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 213, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.089 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5e2e6',
    500: '#78d5db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78d5db;
$custom-light: #a5e2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78d5db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.636,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81774,
    "c": 0.08906,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.56696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78D5DB

secondary

#AE504A

accent

#2A20C5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #78D5DB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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